Slapping-glove.



H. H. PEASE.

SLAPPING GLOVE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 16,1910.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

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SLAPPING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16,1910.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

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HERBERT H. PEASE, OF PORT WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON.

SLAPPING-GLOVE. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Application led May 16, 1910. Serial No. 561,633.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Beit known that I, HERBERT H. PEASE,-a citizen of the United States,residing at Port l/Villiams, in the county of Clallam and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSlapping- Gloves, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in gloves, and more particularlyto a slapping glove to b e used in boxing and other sports orexerclsing.

The object of the invention is to provide a glove of this characterwhich will be light in weight and very soft and yielding so that it willbe imposslble for two boxers using the gloves to bruise the flesh orotherwise injure each other, and I accomplish this object by thepeculiar shape of an inflated rubber bag which forms the body of theglove, and provides a soft leather covering for the bag or body.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved slapping gloveshowing the same collapsed; Flg. 2 is a longitudinal section through theglove with its air bag inflated; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken onthe line 2-2 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the air bag orinflatable body of the glove; and Fig. 5 is a or body before it isfolded upon itself, a portion of the bag being broken away.

My improved slapping glove comprises an outer casing 1 lwhich is made ofchamois skin or other soft leather, or other material so that it willnot injure the skin, :and it is also made of oval or egg-shape and iswithout the usual thumb found on boxing gloves. My glove also comprisesan inflatable body 2 of peculiar shape in construction and made in theform of a bag of rubber or other elastic material, and the glove furthercomprises an inner handfreceiving casing or niitt 3 which is arrangedentirely within the body or bag 2. i The inflatable body 2 is composedof an elongated rubber bag having enlarged substantially circular endportions 4 united by a contracted central portion 5, in which lat-- planview of the bagl ter is a central opening 6, as will be understood onreference to Fig. 5. This elongated bag is folded upon itself so thatits two end portions 4 are brought together and 60 their extremities arecemented together or otherwise united at 7, whereby the two portions4have a space between them to receive the hand which may be thrustthroughthe opening 6. will be seen that the hand will lie entirelywithin the inflatable body or bag, and especially when the latter isinflated so that it expands and entirely fills the space within theouter oval-shaped casing 1. the center of the elongated rubber bag isprovided an inflating tube 8 of soft rubber which may be closed by4 asuitable valve if desired, or which may be merely tied with a piece ofstring or cord after the body has been inflated for the purpose ofretaining it in such position. 'This tube 8 extends through an openingin the inner end of the soft outer casing 1, at which end of the latteris a' tubular extension or wrist portion 9 8( which may be reinforced bya surrounding band 10, and which may have on its inner side alongitudinal slit 11 provided along opposite edges with holes or eyeletsl2 to receive a lacing cord or strap 13, whereby the,85

wrist portion of the glove may be drawn tight against the wrist of thehand to retain the glove thereon.

. The inner casing or mitt 3 is provided to lretain the hand centrallybetween the folded 90 end portions 4 of the body 2 and it is preferablyin the form of an ordinary mitt and made of leather or ,other suitablematerial. It is provided lwith a tubular wrist or arm portion 14, whichlatter extends through the wrist portion 9 of the outer casing and issecured thereto and has a longit-udinal slit coincident with and securedto the slit in the inner side ofthe casing l. A reinforcing 15 may bearranged around the inner 100.

band `face of .the wrist portion 14v of the inner casing or mitt, and ifdesired openin s 16 for the purpose of ventilation may be ormed in thewrist portions of the glove as shown.

In order to prevent the rubber bag from Vslipping or shifting aboutwit-hin the outer casing I preferably employ two anchoring strips 17which are passed through the opening 6 in the central portion of the bagand have their ends attached to the inside of the casing and the outsideofthe mitt.

My improved slapping glove is to be used Owing to this construction it65 Adjacent 70 in use, thereby enabling them to be -con` outer casing,an inflatable elastic the same as the ordinary boxing glove, and owingto its peculiar construction it can be used by women and children aswell as men, since it is exceedingly soft and yielding and the flesh cannot be bruised, nor the skin injured by the use of the glove. Thepeculiar construction of the inflatable body or bag 2 provides an aircushion all around the hand of the wearer, and the soft chamois skinouter covering 1 renders injury to the person quite impossible. n

The glove not only protects the person who is slapped or struck by it,but it also protects the hand which wears it, and one who uses myimproved glove will not-have his knuckles or fingers bruised orotherwise injured or disfigured.

It will be further noted that the glove is exceedin ly light andconsequently will not tire the oxer and will enable him to move aboutmore quickly, andI that since the bag or casing 2 is deflatable, thegloves may be folded into a very compact bundle when not venientlycarried. n

Having thus described the invention, what is clalined is: 1

l. slapping g ove comprising a so t outer casing and an inflatableelastic body for the reception of the hand arranged within the casingand entirely filling the same, said body having thumb and finger stallscentrally located therein and flexibl connected to the walls of saidbody), w ereby the entire hand is surrounded y the inflatable body.

2. A slapping glove comprising)` a soft j ody arranged within the casingand composed of an elongated bag having enlarged end portions and acontracted central portion formed with an opening, said bag being foldedupon itself and having the extremiv ties of its large end portionsunited, whereby a space is provided between the end portions of the bafor 'the reception of the hand..

p 3.' A s apping glove comprislng a soft outer casing, an niatableelastic body ar ranged within the casing and composed of an elongatedbag having enlarged end portions and a contracted -central portionformed with an opening, said bag being folded upon itself and having theextremities of its large end portions united, whereby a space isprovided between the end portions of the bag for the reception of thehand, and a hand-receiving mitt or inner casing arranged within thespace between the two end portions of the bag and having its wristportion projecting through said opening in the bag, and united to theouter casing.

4. A slapping glove comprising a soft, oval-shaped outer casing formedat one end with a tubular wrist portion, an inflatable elastic bodyformed from an elongated bag5 having enlarged end portions and acontracted central portion provided with an opening, the end portions ofsaid bag being brought together 'and united at their extremities,whereby a space is formed between said portions for the reception of thehand when the latter is thrust through the opening in the centralportion of the bag, an inner casing or mitt arranged within the spacebetween the end portions of said bag and having a wrist portionextending through said opening in the bag and through the wrist portionof the outer casing, the two wrist ortions being united and formed withcoinci ent longitudinal slits, reinforcing pads surrounding the wristportions of the inner and outer casings, means for' closing the slit insaid wrist plortions to fasten the glove tothe wrist of t e wearer, andan iniating tube projecting from the inflatable body or bag andextending through said c outer casing.

5. A slapping glove comprisin a soft outer casing, an inflatable elasticody arranged within the casing and composed of an elongated bag havingenlarged end portions and a contracted central portion formed with anopening, said bag being folded upon itself, whereby a space is ro,-vided between the ond portions of the ag for reception of the hand, amitt between the spaced portions of the bag to receive the hand, andanchoring strips passed through thecentral opening of the bag and havingtheir ends attached whereby the bag or body will be prevented fromslipping within the inner casing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HERBER'1`-H. PEASE.

Witnesses:

C. E. MCKINNIS,

WM. PETERSON.

